Wood turning chip guard



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-WOOD TURNING CHIP GUARD Filed Oct. 28,1939

INVENTOR JOH any JOQGE/YSON ATTORNEY Patented July 29, 1941 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE WOOD TURNING CHIP GUARD Joel Clay J orgenson,Clifton, Tex.

Application October 28, 1939, Serial No. 301,783

1 Claim.

This invention relates to wood turning chip guards to be used preferablyon the thumb of the left hand while turning wood in a lathe to preventchips from flying back on the operator.

An object of this invention is to provide a wood turning chip guard ofthe character described having a spring clip to fit thumbs or fingers ofvarious sizes, and also having a portion disposed at the forward end ofthe thumb or finger to intercept flying chips from the lathe and tocause the chips to fall to the floor instead of getting into the clothesof the operator.

A further object of this invention is to provide a wood turning chipguard of the character described, having a padded clip that goes aroundthe thumb of the operator, to prevent irritating the thumb.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a strong, neatand durable wood turning chip guard of character described, which shallbe relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to put on and take off,comfortable in use, and yet practical and efiicient to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention- Figure 1 is anelevational cross-sectional View through a wood turning chip guardembodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the improved chip guard.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I designates a chip guardembodying the invention. The same comprises a member II preferably madeof sheet metal and comprising a spring clip or clamp portion I2, a guardportion I3 and a neck portion I4 interconnecting said clip with saidguard. The clip I2 has a bottom portion I5 and upwardly and inwardlycurved yielding, bendable or resilient fingers I6. The clip is adaptedto receive and substantially surround the thumb of operator. The fingersI6 are resilient, yielding or bendable to accommodate thumbs or fingersof various sizes.

. The neck portion I4 extends forwardly from the bottom portion I5 ofclip I2.

The enlarged guard portion I3 is inclined upwardly and forwardly fromneck I4, and is generally concavo-convex in shape and extends toopposite sides of said neck. The clip I2 of member II may be covered bya jacket 20 of padding material to prevent irritation of the thumb, andto make the chip guard more comfortable to wear. It will now beunderstood that the guard portion I3 is located in front of the thumb.When the chip guard is used by an operator while turning wood on lathe,the guard I3 prevents chips from flying back on to the operator orgetting into the operator's clothes.

Clip or clamp I2 is slipped over the thumb between nail and first joint,and since member ID is made of thin sheet metal the fingers I6 mayeither be bent or flexed to accommodate them and to frictionally engagethe thumb so that guard will not be loose.

It will be noted that guard I3 is concavo-convex, the concave faceserving to prevent chips from glancing off the guard and onto theoperator.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved, and which is welladapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention,and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth,it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A wood turning chip guard comprising a sheet metal member having aspring clip adapted to surround and receive the thumb of the user, anenlarged concavo-convex guard portion, and a neck portion connectingsaid guard portion to said clip, said guard portion extending upwardlyand forwardly from said neck portion with its convex side toward saidneck portion, said clip being covered with padding material.

JOEL CLAY J ORGENSON.

